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that didn't used to be the case. how do we move from an era of great by partisan politics of middle class power and prosperity and now live in bitter partisan gridlock and equal democracy to learn a quality in our economy and the middle class stock in a rut. with that predicament of hours as the outcome of irresistible market forces that advance of technology and globalization and how the country like germany and others like how does a country protect its middle class and do much better on the global market than we have done? what's happened to the political middle in america why can't we find the bridge any more? where has it gone? why are we stuck in these extremes? well, let me confess to you right off the bat the american dream is not a book i set out to right. i signed a contract with random house to write a book called the treen at risk. like a lot of people understood i understood the american middle class was in deep trouble and i was interested in trying to find out what had happened, how we got here and at
that didn't used to be the case. how do we move from an era of great by partisan politics of middle class power and prosperity and now live in bitter partisan gridlock and equal democracy to learn a quality in our economy and the middle class stock in a rut. with that predicament of hours as the outcome of irresistible market forces that advance of technology and globalization and how the country like germany and others like how does a country protect its middle class and do much better on the...
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surely, i'm used to press conferences. yes. >> have you discovered cases in which the chief justice worked as hard and ea -- effectively as he did in brown to martial his colleagues into a less fractured position than b might have been otherwise been the case? >> warren worked very hard to build his majorities. brown is the one, i think, that has the greatest consequence. it is one where the necessity to deliver an opinion this addressed not just a legal issue, but the sort of underlying moral question of segregation was most enhanced by a united court. but there are throughout, there are many instances where warren had to really sort of flog his team. it became -- it was, in the initial stages of the warren court as some of you will well know, the court was quite divided into two relatively antagonistic camps, jackson and frankfurter represented a position of judicial restraint whereas black and douglas were much more activist in their orientation. interestingly, that was not ideologically split, though, and there's, you
surely, i'm used to press conferences. yes. >> have you discovered cases in which the chief justice worked as hard and ea -- effectively as he did in brown to martial his colleagues into a less fractured position than b might have been otherwise been the case? >> warren worked very hard to build his majorities. brown is the one, i think, that has the greatest consequence. it is one where the necessity to deliver an opinion this addressed not just a legal issue, but the sort of...
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that's what leads us ultimately to monica and the trip and impeachment. that one decision not to bring those papers to "the washington post sets in motion a sequence that ultimately leads to the scandal being so public and to the impeachment process. well, after the first 18 months, it's clear that health care is not going to go anywhere. nevertheless, hillary insists it is 1994, state of the union message, bill clinton saying i will veto anything less than 1% than what we're asking for. everyone thinks that's crazy. it in the end health care goes down and never comes up for a vote. in 1994 election happens, clinton is devastated and 81 congressional seats lost. and everything kind of begins to fall apart. hillary is no longer going to play the kind of role. she starts writing the book becomes more involved at the advocate for women and children around the world. she becomes more spiritual in her own activity. bill takes the advice of dick morris who kill -- hillary calls back to the white house. v chip for the tv set to your kid don't have to watch porn.
that's what leads us ultimately to monica and the trip and impeachment. that one decision not to bring those papers to "the washington post sets in motion a sequence that ultimately leads to the scandal being so public and to the impeachment process. well, after the first 18 months, it's clear that health care is not going to go anywhere. nevertheless, hillary insists it is 1994, state of the union message, bill clinton saying i will veto anything less than 1% than what we're asking for....
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he is weak and uses the present tense of the verb. surely once again they stood in and go on the today show and says it is part of a right-wing conspiracy but it's more than that. they basically put them in the position of outright denial. he basically by stein and the american people become more comfortable with the idea of a president who may have actually done this. when finally he asked to testify before the federal grand jury hillary has to make the final decision of her life to rescue him again. this time he's told her yes, i did have a relationship with monica lewinski and he asked for forgiveness and for the last time she says i will stand by you, i will stick by you. i will not abandon you. that is pivotal because this is a moment in time when a number of senators, democrat and republican were considering going to the white house and saying to the president you should resign just like they did what richard nixon. but hillary was standing there beside her and essentially rescued him and also rescued her she liberated herself a
he is weak and uses the present tense of the verb. surely once again they stood in and go on the today show and says it is part of a right-wing conspiracy but it's more than that. they basically put them in the position of outright denial. he basically by stein and the american people become more comfortable with the idea of a president who may have actually done this. when finally he asked to testify before the federal grand jury hillary has to make the final decision of her life to rescue him...
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it put, but use our services, user fire and our police and so forth, use our roads. so it puts a stress or extra burden on property taxpayers. that's part of the burden that the city has to bear for being the capital city. and, of course, sometimes when the state wants to do something it doesn't necessarily follow the typical ordinances that most businesses and residents have to apply, comply with state, you know, city ordinances don't miss it should apply to the state. so that can be a friction point on location but we try to work through those things. and understand that with the benefits of being the capital city far outweigh some of the downsides that we deal with. the biggest challenge is always jobs, and i think that's true of any community. you've been around the last week. you see what we have to offer for augusta. it's a vibrant community with a lot going on. with a brand hospital coming online. we will have a brand-new courthouse, commerce center down the road, major construction. we're going to have some big construction projects on the interstate that are
it put, but use our services, user fire and our police and so forth, use our roads. so it puts a stress or extra burden on property taxpayers. that's part of the burden that the city has to bear for being the capital city. and, of course, sometimes when the state wants to do something it doesn't necessarily follow the typical ordinances that most businesses and residents have to apply, comply with state, you know, city ordinances don't miss it should apply to the state. so that can be a...
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here is why they want to take them away, to protect us. that's right, to protect us. nice of them, isn't it? here you were thinking you could protect yourself. according to last count about 30,000 people die annually in gun related accidents. that number, 30,000 annually in gun related incidents. about 45,000 die in car crashes. 37,005 from poisoning, 20,000 a year die from unintentional falls. the framers of the constitution to say that guns are dangerous. they are, especially to the invaders and despot's and thieves, but they were necessary. that is what they said. that is what liberals it the most what the second amendment, it's necessary. it reinforces the constitutional motion of a free and sovereign people. citizens of the country, a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. pretty much every single word in that sentence is what gives liberals the heebie-jeebies. that is why they hated. of the other hand 20,000 people die every year from unintentional falls. maybe
here is why they want to take them away, to protect us. that's right, to protect us. nice of them, isn't it? here you were thinking you could protect yourself. according to last count about 30,000 people die annually in gun related accidents. that number, 30,000 annually in gun related incidents. about 45,000 die in car crashes. 37,005 from poisoning, 20,000 a year die from unintentional falls. the framers of the constitution to say that guns are dangerous. they are, especially to the invaders...
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but i think it's important for us as progressives, those of us here that are progressive i hope we have some republicans, too. i think it's important to think about the golden age was and that there was a golden age for some americans and it coincided with my growing up. i felt like i was the last generation of people to whom the country really kept its promises. although with mitt romney and paul ryan got elected they would break the promise is since just under 55. we will have a chance to break promises to feel like it will be great. but, the golden age when we think about it it really was the result of the great depression and world war ii. it was the result of people feeling as though the tragedy created an incentive to create a big middle class that we didn't want communism and fascism and the way to prevent that was to get more and more american people a stake in society. and let them be less susceptible to those sort of isms and extremisms. so we used the government to build that great middle class. we started with of the new deal and making it easier to unionize. the g.i. bill a
but i think it's important for us as progressives, those of us here that are progressive i hope we have some republicans, too. i think it's important to think about the golden age was and that there was a golden age for some americans and it coincided with my growing up. i felt like i was the last generation of people to whom the country really kept its promises. although with mitt romney and paul ryan got elected they would break the promise is since just under 55. we will have a chance to...
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they use oral arguments. their questions to make their case to the colleagues, and it sure looked to me during most of the arguments that the five conservatives were very much leaning against the obama administration on the key argument in the case, which was uzbek commerce clause of article one of congress to pass the individual mandate. which says individuals have to get health insurance. and as i sat in court on june 28 and heard chief justice roberts announce his decision in the case, i learned the edge to the question, which was no, it doesn't. the commerce clause does not allow the court, the congress to invoke an individual mandate. but then any decision that stunned many people, but no one more than me, john roberts reached for a subsidiary argument that had only been upended, had only been mentioned in passing in both the supreme court and even the lower courts and he said the individual mandate was a permissible use of taxing power of congress and not the commerce clause, and thus the law would be u
they use oral arguments. their questions to make their case to the colleagues, and it sure looked to me during most of the arguments that the five conservatives were very much leaning against the obama administration on the key argument in the case, which was uzbek commerce clause of article one of congress to pass the individual mandate. which says individuals have to get health insurance. and as i sat in court on june 28 and heard chief justice roberts announce his decision in the case, i...
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i think we could use a second man. and maybe by march of next year because they think the workload is going to be really, really hard for one man. and in those days they were the clerks. so rehnquist and petitions. he said i could come earlier. i'd like to be there in january. so jackson says come out in january. basically rehnquist kind of right man, right time. the timing was perfect and rehnquist drives the studebaker, which he tells about in his memoir about the supreme court. he drives this little studebaker to washington with no heater and gets caught in a blizzard, but he gets there and shows up at the court and he actually starts working. and you cannot at the supreme court in the corinthian columns in this great greatly bases now in. costco right. that's a really big right for him. obviously he had proven himself academically, very smart, got in the schools he applied to. but here's a crucial move for justice jackson. but it also leads to something that haunts him for the rest of his career. and that has to do
i think we could use a second man. and maybe by march of next year because they think the workload is going to be really, really hard for one man. and in those days they were the clerks. so rehnquist and petitions. he said i could come earlier. i'd like to be there in january. so jackson says come out in january. basically rehnquist kind of right man, right time. the timing was perfect and rehnquist drives the studebaker, which he tells about in his memoir about the supreme court. he drives...
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tell us a little bit about the position. what's what's is the chief justice of the united states do in the importance of william rehnquist and then we will go into the chronology. yes go the chief has two roles in the judicial system. he is first the chief among equals on the court. he assigns the opinion when he was a majority and reach the discussion conference so he has a very poor girl to play among the nine justices. he is really the key guy there. particularly when he's in the majority but the other thing that rehnquist was is really the head of hired administration office of the courts, sort of runs the entire court system and that is a whole part of his administrative responsibilities that the other justices don't have so that is what a chief does. >> host: we will talk a little bit how he got into tha position but let's go back to the beginning. the suburb of milwaukee, born october 1 right around this time, 1924. his father was a paper salesman its mother with a homemaker but she was a dominant force in the househo
tell us a little bit about the position. what's what's is the chief justice of the united states do in the importance of william rehnquist and then we will go into the chronology. yes go the chief has two roles in the judicial system. he is first the chief among equals on the court. he assigns the opinion when he was a majority and reach the discussion conference so he has a very poor girl to play among the nine justices. he is really the key guy there. particularly when he's in the majority...
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[laughter] i think we could use a second man. and maybe by march of next year, because i think the workload is going to be really, really hard for one man. and it was, man, i mean, in those days the court -- >> host: definitely. >> guest: -- they were the clerks. so rehnquist then petitions. he says, i could come earlier. i'd like to be there in january. so jackson says, okay, come out in january. and, basically, that was it. so rehnquist kind of right man, right time, the timing was perfect, and rehnquist drives this little studebaker which he tells about in his memoir about the supreme court. he drives this little studebaker out to washington with no heater ands caught in a blizzard -- and gets caught in a blizzard. but he gets there, and he shows up at the court, and he actually starts working. and he's in awe of the supreme court and the corinthian columns in this great place that he's now in. >> host: right. and that's a really big break for him. you know, obviously, he had proven himself academically, very smart, got into t
[laughter] i think we could use a second man. and maybe by march of next year, because i think the workload is going to be really, really hard for one man. and it was, man, i mean, in those days the court -- >> host: definitely. >> guest: -- they were the clerks. so rehnquist then petitions. he says, i could come earlier. i'd like to be there in january. so jackson says, okay, come out in january. and, basically, that was it. so rehnquist kind of right man, right time, the timing...
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we are glad to have yell with us and we're glad had our authors with us. our all others are paul tough, author of how children succeed, meira levinson, author of no citizen left behind and michael brick, author of saving the school. there are some distinct austin and texas connections here. my name is mark, i am state representative from austin and member of the public education committee in the texas house and i want to start this discussion briefly with a little bit of edge occasional contacts. i got a press release from the texas indication agency a couple months ago that said that on the fourth grade science national assessment education abroad rests, texas, african-american students performed fourth best of all african-american students in the country, comparing hours to every other african american. hispanic students were the best on the fourth grade science naep. a anglo students were the eighth best of all the anglo students in the country. and i thought that is a pretty impressive record. it is a little different from what i expected actually. i w
we are glad to have yell with us and we're glad had our authors with us. our all others are paul tough, author of how children succeed, meira levinson, author of no citizen left behind and michael brick, author of saving the school. there are some distinct austin and texas connections here. my name is mark, i am state representative from austin and member of the public education committee in the texas house and i want to start this discussion briefly with a little bit of edge occasional...